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A peanut-butter-and-jelly stout and a passion-fruit-honey double IPA are among the specialty beers announced Tuesday in the 2018 release list from Short's Brewing Co., one of Michigan's most boldly-experimental breweries.

Machu Beechu (8% alcohol by volume) was one of my favorites from 2017 Winter Beer Festival last February in Comstock Park. Pineapple and citrus hop flavors combined with the honey and passion fruit for a big, juicy double IPA with a dry finish. It's scheduled to release in six-pack bottles and kegs this January in "very limited" quantities, according to Short's.

The Bellaire-based brewery, Michigan's largest north of Grand Rapids, is one of the busiest I've visited, making beer virtually 24/7. It's won national awards for the experiments it manages to crank out among its best-selling Soft Parade (7.5% ABV) strawberry-blueberry-raspberry-blackberry-rye ale and many others.

The PB&J stout (8% ABV) is a blend of Soft Parade with Uber Goober (6.3% ABV), a delicious peanut-oatmeal stout that includes "roughly a handful of peanuts in every glass," according to Short's. This specialty release is to be available in six-pack bottles and kegs in March, also in "very limited" quantities.

In not-so-limited quantity this year will be Superfluid, a double IPA that Short's is adding to its seasonal release list for January to February.

And if you're a fan of double IPAs, you won't find a hoppier 12-pack in Michigan than the Super Hoppy Holidays 2017 variety package now available from Short's. I found it for about $30 at 8 Degrees Plato Beer Co. in Ferndale, and so far it's been worth it: two bottles each of six different, huge IPAs including the ridiculous Batch 5000 (14.6% ABV) triple IPA.

Last year's holiday packs disappeared quickly last year, so I'd recommend looking for this sooner than later. Short's helpfully provided the map below to show where this year's are sold.